Miruku, a New Zealand animal-free dairy start-up emerges from stealth on Foodtech VC investment. – QNT Press Release

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Miruku, a New Zealand based future food company developing advanced dairy proteins in plants has emerged from stealth to announce an oversubscribed $2.4m USD seed investment round.

New Zealand is the world’s biggest exporter of dairy and has a strong legacy in food production. Miruku tilts this tradition by applying pioneering innovation to crop development and dairy ingredient formulation aimed at helping future farmers and food systems to pivot to more sustainable production.

The start-up is developing animal-free proteins in its own labs and greenhouses and through strong farmer, corporate and R&D partnerships. It’s unique and proprietary molecular farming platform is designed for scale and implementation across geographies. Miruku employs a molecular farming process at the frontier of applied plant science which recruits plant cells as…

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